Dimethylzinc

• Formula: C₂H₆Zn
• Molecular weight: 95.45
• IUPAC Standard InChI: InChI=1S/2CH3.Zn/h2*1H3; Copy

  
• IUPAC Standard InChIKey: AXAZMDOAUQTMOW-UHFFFAOYSA-N Copy
• CAS Registry Number: 544-97-8
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  • Gas phase ion energetics data
  • References
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Gas phase thermochemistry data

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Data compiled by: José A. Martinho Simões

Condensed phase thermochemistry data

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Data compiled as indicated in comments:
MS - José A. Martinho Simões
DH - Eugene S. Domalski and Elizabeth D. Hearing

Constant pressure heat capacity of liquid

Phase change data

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Data compiled as indicated in comments:
TRC - Thermodynamics Research Center, NIST Boulder Laboratories, Chris Muzny director
MS - José A. Martinho Simões
AC - William E. Acree, Jr., James S. Chickos
CAL - James S. Chickos, William E. Acree, Jr., Joel F. Liebman, Students of Chem 202 (Introduction to the Literature of Chemistry), University of Missouri -- St. Louis
DH - Eugene S. Domalski and Elizabeth D. Hearing

Enthalpy of vaporization

Enthalpy of fusion

Entropy of fusion

Enthalpy of phase transition

Entropy of phase transition

Gas phase ion energetics data

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Data compiled as indicated in comments:
LLK - Sharon G. Lias, Rhoda D. Levin, and Sherif A. Kafafi
RDSH - Henry M. Rosenstock, Keith Draxl, Bruce W. Steiner, and John T. Herron

Ionization energy determinations

Appearance energy determinations

References

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Martinho Simões
Martinho Simões, J.A., Private communication (see http://webbook.nist.gov/chemistry/om/). [all data]

Long and Norrish, 1949
Long, L.H.; Norrish, R.G.W., Phil. Trans. Roy. Soc. (London), 1949, A241, 587. [all data]

Cox and Pilcher, 1970
Cox, J.D.; Pilcher, G., Thermochemistry of Organic and Organometallic Compounds in Academic Press, New York, 1970. [all data]

Sheiman, Nistratov, et al., 1984
Sheiman, M.S.; Nistratov, V.P.; Kamelova, G.P.; Rabinovich, I.B., Low-temperature heat capacity of organic compounds of aluminum and zinc, Probl. Kalorim. Khim. Termodin., Dokl. Vses. Konf., 10th, 1984, 2, 457-459. [all data]

Sheiman, Nistratov, et al., 1984, 2
Sheiman, M.S.; Nistratov, V.P.; Kamelova, G.P.; Rabinovich, I.B., Low-temperature heat capacity of organic compounds of aluminum and zinc in Probl. Kalorim. Khim. Termodin., Dokl. Vses. Konf., 10th, Akad. Nauk SSSS Inst. Khim. Fiz.: Chernogolovka, USSR, Vol. 2 2, 1984. [all data]

Sokolovskii and Baev, 1984
Sokolovskii, A.E.; Baev, A.K., Zh. Obshch. Khim., 1984, 54, 103. [all data]

Long and Cattanach, 1961
Long, L.H.; Cattanach, J., J. Inorg. Nucl. Chem., 1961, 20, 340. [all data]

Baev, 1997
Baev, A.K., Thermodynamic study of structural changes in solutions of dimethyl-zinc with methyl compounds of Group VIB elements, Zh. Neorg. Khim., 1997, 42, 4, 662. [all data]

Bamford, Levi, et al., 1946
Bamford, C.H.; Levi, D.L.; Newitt, D.M., 91. Physical and chemical properties of organo-metallic compounds. Part I. The vapour pressures and freezing points of simple metal alkyls of Groups II, III, and V, J. Chem. Soc., 1946, 468, https://doi.org/10.1039/jr9460000468 . [all data]

Domalski and Hearing, 1996
Domalski, Eugene S.; Hearing, Elizabeth D., Heat Capacities and Entropies of Organic Compounds in the Condensed Phase. Volume III, J. Phys. Chem. Ref. Data, 1996, 25, 1, 1, https://doi.org/10.1063/1.555985 . [all data]

Distefano and Dibeler, 1970
Distefano, G.; Dibeler, V.H., Photoionization study of the dimethyl compounds of zinc, cadmium, and mercury, Intern. J. Mass Spectrom. Ion Phys., 1970, 4, 59. [all data]

Winters and Kiser, 1967
Winters, R.E.; Kiser, R.W., Ionization and fragmentation of dimethylzinc, trimethylaluminum, and trimethylantimony, J. Organometal. Chem., 1967, 10, 7. [all data]

Creber and Bancroft, 1980
Creber, D.K.; Bancroft, G.M., Photoelectron studies of dialkyl group 2B compounds: Ligand field splittings intensity variations with photon energy, Inorg. Chem., 1980, 19, 643. [all data]

Notes

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• Symbols used in this document:
  

  AE	Appearance energy
  Cp,liquid	Constant pressure heat capacity of liquid
  S°liquid	Entropy of liquid at standard conditions
  Ttriple	Triple point temperature
  ΔHtrs	Enthalpy of phase transition
  ΔStrs	Entropy of phase transition
  ΔcH°liquid	Enthalpy of combustion of liquid at standard conditions
  ΔfH°gas	Enthalpy of formation of gas at standard conditions
  ΔfH°liquid	Enthalpy of formation of liquid at standard conditions
  ΔfusH	Enthalpy of fusion
  ΔfusS	Entropy of fusion
  ΔvapH	Enthalpy of vaporization
  ΔvapH°	Enthalpy of vaporization at standard conditions

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